Turpentine worker&#39;s tool



May 31, 1938. I J. M. COUNCIL 2,119,454

TURPENTINE WORKERS TOOL Filed July 7, 1937 Patented May 31, 1938 UNiTED STATES PATENT orrlee 2,119,454 TURPENTINE WORKERS TOOL John M. Council, Wananish, N. 0. Application July 7, 1937, Serial No. 152,459

3 Claims.

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In recent years it has been found that in scarring or chipping pines that it is more practical to use a tool having a cutter curved on a small radius for obtaining the best results. The turpentine ducts of the pines are just below the cambium layer. Where the trees are chipped to a depth much below such layer a decrease in yield of gum is had.

While this decrease in radius or curvature has its advantage in increased production, it also has disadvantages in other ways. From the standpoint of the tool manufacturer the cost of production is increased and it is more difficult to keep a standard of high quality while from the users standpoint the tools are hard to sharpen and to be maintained sharp.

Where the tools are dull they cause a stringy condition of the fibers which in turn tends to clog or close that portion of the trees and thus retard the flow of the gum. Some tools also have a tendency to leave a rough or corrugated surface and such type of surface retards the flow of the gum and therefore increases the time for the flow. This slow flow permits spirits of turpentine to be evaporated by the sun. Further more, it is necessary to provide what is known throughout the turpentine belt as a shade streak which will protect the cut from the sun and thus decrease the evaporation since it is a well known fact that after the fresh out has been made the gum is in its most fluid state and hence the evaporation is at its highest degreev Thus the shade streak is undercut so that the outer ledge of wood shades the new cut and the gum will begin to solidify.

An object of the invention is the provision of a tool for scarring or chipping pines for the collection of gum turpentine in which a pair of curved cutters formed on a small radius is employed alternately for producing a depth of cut terminating adjacent the cambium layer of the pine whereby an increased yield of turpentine gum is produced.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a tool for use in scarring or chipping pines to cause the exudation of gum turpentine in such a manner that the proper depth of thecut is made to obtain the greatest efficiency, the cutters being readily replaceable from a staff so that sharpened cutters may be substituted for the cutters when they become dull or not sufficiently keen to produce a clear-cut scar or groove.

A further object of the invention is the pro- This invention relates to a turpentine workers vision of a tool for scarring and chipping pines for the collection'of gum turpentine which will not only produce the desired cut but which will also provide the well known shade streak to prevent evaporation of the turpentine from the 5 gum.

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, in view of the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification; nevertheless, it is 210 to be understood that the invention is not confined to the disclosure, being susceptible of such changes and modifications as define no material departure from the salient features of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a view in perspective showing my. tool in operative position on the trunk of a pine tree,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the tool with a part of the clamping means removed,

Figure 3 is a side view in elevation of the shank of the tool,

Figure 4-. is a plan view of the shank shown in Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of the doubleedged cutter removed from the shank,

Figure 6 is an inverted perspective of the cutter shown in Figure 5,

Figure I is an end view of another form of the cutter,

Figure 8 is a fragmentary view of the trunk of a pine tree showing the regular streak made by the blade, and V Figure 9 is a similiar view to that shown in Figure 8 showing the shade streak.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1 of the drawing, It generally designates a pine tree which has been provided with a plurality of cuts H from which the gum has exuded. This gum is then collected and carried to the stills. In scarring a tree the chips or cuts are made periodically until after thirtycuts or streaks have been made during a season. Gutters l2 and I3 are secured in place against the scarred portion of the tree and a container I4 collects the drippings from' the lower ends of the gutters; Thesegutters are raised each season which lasts about thirty weeks. Thus it will be seen that where one streak is made per week that at the end of the season thirty streaks or scars have been cut.

Figure 8 shows the cuts I5 which have been made in the ordinary manner so that the surface is left quite rough between the cuts or streaks,

giving the appearance of a washboard. In Fig. 9

is shown a fragmentaryportion of a trunk which has been scarred or streaked at H in such a manher that the ridges I 1 between the cuts have been reduced to 'a minimum. Furthermore, the streak has been'undercut as shown at I 8 sothat the projecting portion IQ of the trunk will form a shadeor protective medium for the freely exuding V gum. This shade willprotect the newly formed forations mthe staff V gurnfagainst the sunlight andprvent evaporation.- v, r

Referring more particularlyto Figsp2 to 6, in-

clusive; it will be seen that a staiflfl is provided '7 upon which is secured a shank, generally desigr This shank is elon- V,

finger 21 and a shoulder 28, The fingei' is undercut, as shown at 29 along both of its edges while the shoulder 28 is cut away et 30 to' receive a portion of a wedge washer, 3|. 7 A threaded bolt'32 projects through a passage 33 in the shank'ZI and is'located centrally of the The bolt is provided with a beveled head ;3'3a which is loeated within a countersunk portion 34 in the passage '33 A wing nu-t 35 is screwed onto the outer end of the cut away portion 32!.

threaded bolt'32.; 7 *jA blade, generally designated by the numeral 40', has a flat: body portion 4| and curvedcutters '42. .The,confronting'iorcuttingedges43 of the cutters 42 extend'inwardly towards the center and terminate in a beveled 'notch 44." Directlyoppof [side walls ofthe staff 20 The cutting edges 43 r edge of the blade on; the shank 2!".

site the beveled'notch is another beveled V- shaped notchf45 and the edges of the last-mentioned notch are 'complementarily formed with the undercut portions 29 of the finger 27 so that v the beveled edges 46 of the notch 45 are received beneath the finger" 21 for maintaining the outer notch 44 and the beveled notch or cut-away portion: 30 of the shoulder 28 are formed along an arc of a circle which has substantially the same i i for forcing the cooperating means into binding relation with each other; a

3. A 'turpentine workers 'tool comprising a 7 staff, an elongated shank secured longitudinally diameter so that the frusto-conically shaped wedging member 3I wil1 fit neatly within the notches (wand 44. The member ,3l'when clampedin place bythe wing nut 35 will rigidly 'secure the blade in position 'on the shank.

The cutters 42 are curved along an arc which has a: relatively smalldiameterand these curved cutters extend outwardly from the body "member (then downwardly and inwardly towards the are so formed that they will provide'a neat and rapidcut of the pine trees. The ready remov- :ability of the blades permits rapidsubstitution of a fresh blade for a will, not "lose any time by the exchange and dull one so that'the worker,

- whereby he will be supplied with a blade having upwardly inclined i V V and a slightly inturned portion The edges 54'which face the operatorare The shankis pro vided witha raised-portion 25 which hasfa recess 26 formed between a V-shaped beveled notch facing the The: beveled V the notches in the body,

cut. When'these blades become too dull they I will produce a rough efiect andwill tend to close a the portion 'of the wood which will delaythe period for the exudation'of the gum turpentine from the,trees.'

Referring more particularly to Fig. '7 it :will be,

seen that'another form of the blade is provided which has a fiat body portion 50, outwardly and portions 5.1; a' downwardly curved portion 52 53. sharpened so that this tool will not only provide the cut shown in Fig. 8 but will very readily produce the shade streak I8 which gives a sharp undercut' having the overhanging lip I 9 which will protect the newly formed out against the di 7 rect rays of the sun., 1 e I a 'This' tool is moved in the direction shown in ;Fig. 1 towards the edge ,55' from opposite sides of the tree. 'Thebodymember 5B is provided with the oppositely disposedvnotches 44 and '45 and these notches are identical with that shown in Figure 5 for securing the blade to the shank; I claim:

1. A turpentine workers tool comprising 7 a staff, a shank secured to said staif and provided with a recess, an undercut V-shaped finger at one endof the recess, a shoulder at the opposite'end of said" recess and having a beveled no tch, a

threaded bolt projecting'from ,the recessat. the

notch, a blade extending transversely :of the i shank and having a body portion'receivedrby the V recess; said body. portiomhaving a beveled notch received by the undercutfingier and a second I notch in the' shoulder, and clamping means on the bolt and received by the" first and last-mentioned notches for reinovably attaching the blade to theshank.

2.'A turpentine workers tool comprising 'a staff, a shank secured to said stafi, a blade ineluding a body and cutters at the opposite ends" thereof, means for removably securing' the blade transversely to the'shank including;cooperating l means on one edge of the body andthe shank and a clamping V adaptedto engage the opposite edge of the body meanscarried by the shank and to one end of the'staff, a blade including a body including a'finger on the shank engaging one of said shankhaving a notch'opposite the other n'otchin the body, and clamping means received notches in the shank and body for securing the body to the shank. v a

by, the last-mentioned 7 '60 and cutters at the oppositeiends of the body,tthe 3 opposite edges of thebody having notchesjmeans for removably securing said body to the shank JOHN: M. co oIn 

